Which pointed barb from Colbert stung Bush the most?

[merbex]

I would say it was the photo op remark but there are plenty to choose from

I watched it live and kept wishing out loud that c-span would show Bush's face

[DS1]

1. Bush stands for things, he even stands on things, like aircraft carriers

and piles of rubble and flooded cities, and we can all sleep better knowing that after a disaster this administration is going to bounce back with the world's greatest photo ops


or words to that effect

[merbex]

15. That's when I wanted to see Bush's face

Will Rogers -

move over, there is a new political satirist in Town

[flordehinojos]

20. could this have been the stinging moment?

i did not watch the dinner, therefore, i do not know, but if this wasn't the stinging moment, it ought to be.

[dragonlady]

40. That's the one that made Bush change expression

Right after that quip he wasn't smiling any more. He had been putting on a reasonably cheery face up to then, but no more. Too many people are now seeing the photo ops for what they are, and the Bushies know it.

[Bozita]

2. the "from the gut" piece

[ButterflyBlood]

3. I liked the Hindenberg quip n/t

[0007]

19. That was probably the most devastating.

Because there were very few survivors.

[Zen Democrat]

24. Absolutely, the Hindenberg was a Hitler / Nazi deal.

[VolcanoJen]

30. Agreed. Hindenberg quip had to have hurt.

And, good. Good, I say.

It's chilling to watch the end of Colbert's bit, where Bush coldly thanks him, and the First Lady (Empress?) refuses to even rise from her chair (throne?).

[merbex]

34. The Hindenburg quip,with all its implications,

probably didn't register with Bush till later

I stand by my assertion that that the photo op barb hit him hard immediatelybecause the aircraft carrier stunt and World Trade Center bullhorn moment were things he was proud of and someone to his face told him the vast majority see those stunts as the reality they are:photo ops

Government by photo op: we are on to you George! And have been for awhile

[babylonsister]

4. Il Dunce seemed to get more sullen as Colbert kept on about

his flagging poll numbers. :rofl: But there were so many moments that were just priceless!

[Jara sang]

39. Didn't Bush himself bring that up in the "Bush double" bit?

I thought he did.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. Is there a transcript some where?

Everybody's talking about it, but nobody's saying what was said.

[babylonsister]

9. Can you get video? Here's a site. There are transcripts up also.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=109x25704

Also, here's a transcript:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1062760&mesg_id=1062760

[warrens]

12. Here

Scroll down a bit.

http://www.chris-floyd.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=621

[Poll_Blind]

6. For me it was "Deck chairs on the Hindenburg". It's implication....

...that the administration was, at any moment, about to fully burst into flames was a great capstone on all the other barbs.

PB

[babylonsister]

7. Also, never changing his mind from Monday to Wednesday,

despite what happens on Tuesday.:)

[Little Star]

38. I loved that line

Bush is the most rigid person I have ever seen. :crazy:

[Us vs Them]

8. When he purposefully stumbled on the glass half full bit.

That was almost below the belt, though I will argue quite deserved.

[Karenca]

11. yep..that one...... eom

[jean]

21. Backwash

[wtmusic]

10. One overstep

was the one about "generals sending soldiers into battle from their computer screens".

I don't know why, but that one didn't feel completely fair. :freak:

[Zen Democrat]

27. It was fair considering the "stop-loss" program for the GIs.

These guys and girls are often unable to leave when their term of enlistment is up. Also, sending these troops back over there for three or four tours is cruel and heartbreaking.

[wtmusic]

29. You're right

I just don't believe it's all the generals' fault. Many of them have served courageously in battle.

[Jara sang]

41. Bullshit! You know who those generals work for when they get out?

They become CEOs of corporations that make money from death and destruction, like Lockheed Martin. Fuck those guys. They are all ghouls.

[Clark2008]

43. Not all of them do - geesch - think your brush is broad enough?

:eyes:

[wtmusic]

46. Casey Sheehan made money from death and destruction too

It kind of goes along with that "war" thing. Let's attack the people who start them, not the ones who signed up with the noble intention of defending their country.

[katinmn]

13. The Plame leak must have been very awkward for Junior

and grtifying for Wilson-Plame. I saw them both laughing. :rofl:

There were so many good ones, hard to choose just one as being the best.

[ProgressivePatriot]

14. all of them.....eom

[Ksec]

16. I'd say the entire thing was as ballsy and biting as it could get

considering he was surrounded by the guilty subjects and the press corp who coddled those guilty subjects.

You dont get any more ballsy that Colbert did that night.

[YOY]

17. "Reality has a liberal bias."

Too fecking priceless...

[IdaBriggs]

37. My favorite, too! nt

[Warpy]

18. Are you kidding? Laura was the only one in that family who got it

Stupid was just sitting there bored to death and wishing he could go home and go to bed.

[Kali]

22. I read a great comment

about how fast her drugs wore off as Colbert skewered.

[UTUSN]

23. "Decisions by gut - more nerve endings in gut than in the brain" n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

25. "...(R)eality has a well known liberal bias."

That was the zinger.

[jumpoffdaplanet]

26. Too many to choose from BUT...

I'm betting bush never clears another lick of brush in his life.

[Zen Democrat]

28. I know what comment stung John McCain the most.

Ouch!!!

[spanone]

31. Any line with a hint of truth in it make the Chimp squirm.

[cliss]

32. I think the one about

the generals -- "still on active duty?"

* * * *
This is the 2nd time in about 3 months that Bush has gotten totally skewered. The last time was at Coretta King's funeral. At the eulogy, people took turns lamblasting him. It took an unbelievable 4 hours to get through all the sludge aimed at him.

He did look completely tortured. So did Laura. They know everybody's savvy to the game.

[FuzzyDicePHL]

33. Not a barb, but

"Buckle up, Hon!" by Helen Thomas made me laugh harder than anything in Colbert's whole speech...

Altho I did really enjoy the "backwash" comment. :D

[Crankie Avalon]

35. "I believe the government that governs best...

...is the government that governs least--and by these standards, we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq," was pretty in there, too, especially since so much of Bush's whole presidency depends on pretending that Iraq is a "success."

[Nostradammit]

36. "The last third is usually backwash."

Or:

"This administration is soaring. If anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on The Hindenburg..."

Or:

"Enjoy that metaphor, because your grandchildren will have no idea what a glacier is."

Or:

"I'm a simple man with a simple mind, with a simple set of beliefs that I live by."

Or:

"Somebody shoot me in the face."

Or:

"And reality has a well-known liberal bias."

Or:

"Things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares."

Or:

"I have nothing but contempt for these people."

Or:

(You get the idea! The whole thing was brilliant.)

[KAT119]

42. 'Washington is a chocolate city w/ a marshmallow center & graham cracker

crust of CORRUPTION '!!! This also was a great zinger to the WH deadly vipers.

[porphyrian]

44. Shaking his hand afterwords. - n/t

[linazelle]

45. LOL nt